Жарыс жолындағы аңыз: Джеффри Пурвис өмірі мен мансабы

American racing driver

Jeffery Purvis (born February 19, 1959) is a former race car driver in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. He is a 15 year veteran with four wins and 25 top five finishes. He suffered a massive brain injury after a 2002 crash and has not run a NASCAR sanctioned race since 2004. Before coming to NASCAR he was an accomplished dirt track racer winning the World 100 at Eldora Speedway on three occasions 1983,1984,and 1986.

Purvis made his NASCAR debut in 1990. He was hired to drive Bobby Allison's No. 12 Raybestos Buick at Martinsville Speedway. He started in 31st position for that race, but crashed out and finished 28th. After that, Purvis raced four more times in 1990 in the No. 51 Plasti Kote Chevrolet owned by James Finch, who once owned his cars when he raced late model dirt races. His best finish among those was a 31st at North Wilkesboro. He also set his best start of 1990 there, 24th. Purvis would run six races for Finch in 1991. His best start of that year was 22nd. He set his career best finish to that date at Atlanta. After starting 29th, Purvis completed many laps and finished in the 24th position. He only finished two races that season. Once again, Purvis would race six times in 1992. He ran two races for Finch finishing 27th at Michigan and 36th at Phoenix. He ran four more races for the No. 12 Raybestos Brakes Chevy for Bobby Allison. His highlight was his career best finish of 22nd at Richmond. In 1993, Purvis ran the most races in a season for his career. Making eight starts, Purvis ran three races for Finch and five races for Morgan McClure Motorsports in their No. 4 Eastman Kodak Chevy. At Talladega in July, Purvis was able to top his previous best start with a 21st, as well as enjoying the best runs of his career. He earned his best qualifying effort of 18th at Richmond and quickly followed it up with his career best 16th place finish. The next week, he broke his best finish again with a 13th place finish at Dover and also added a 17th at Martinsville. In 1994, Finch picked up sponsorship for the No. 51 from Country Time, and Purvis raced in the Chevy for six races, replacing original driver Neil Bonnett, who was killed in a practice accident for the Daytona 500. His best finish of the year came in his first start of 1994. At Atlanta, Purvis finished 21st. However, at Michigan, Purvis was able to break his best start record, with a 13th place start in the race. In the fall race at Michigan, Purvis made the race with T. W. Taylor's No. 02 Ford. He started that race in 23rd and finished 28th. Finch once again found sponsorship from Jackaroo BBQ Sauces for the renumbered No. 44 Chevy. Purvis raced six races again for Finch in 1995. They struggled, and the best finish for Finch and Purvis was a 29th at Talladega, though once again he set a personal best qualifying effort of 12th. In the fall Atlanta race, Purvis drove for Rick Hendrick and the No. 58 Leukemia Society Chevy at Atlanta, finishing 26th, his best finish of the year. Despite only racing four races for Finch in 1996, the No. 44 MCA Records Chevy had their best season effort. In the 1996 Daytona 500, Purvis increased his best career finish to 12th place, where it stands today. He also earned two top 10 qualifying efforts in 1996, the better being his best career start of sixth at the Pepsi 400. In 1997, with Purvis driving for himself in the Busch Series, he drove his No. 12 Chevy into three races. He mustered only a 37th, 38th and 39th in those efforts, but did start eighth for the fall race at Charlotte. After a three year absence from the elite division of NASCAR, Purvis returned for his final season in 2001. Purvis was able to make four races in the No. 51 owned by Finch, who bought Fords from Bill Elliott Racing. He started in the top 20 for three of the four races, but his best finish of the year was a 34th in the No. 51 Subway Ford at Talladega.

Brewco Motorsports hired Purvis to drive the #37 Timber Wolf Chevy in 2002. In twelve starts for the team, Purvis finished in the top 20 five times. During one of those races at Texas Motor Speedway, Jack Sprague had dominated all day. Some drivers left the race when it began raining, though Purvis continued. Four laps later, the rain stopped and Purvis won his 4th career win when the race could not restart. Six races later, at Nazareth Speedway, Purvis was among the top 15 drivers, when he blew his engine and spun in his own oil on the backstraightaway. As Purvis' car came to a rest, Greg Biffle slid in Purvis's oil and struck his car causing Purvis to suffer severe head trauma. On August 5, 2006 while on his way to a crate race at Talladega short track he was involved in a crash on I 65 near Cullman,Alabama. His race hauler he was riding in blew a front tire and crossed the median and collided with a vehicle on the northbound side of the interstate. He suffered a broken neck and broken ribs and cuts and bruises and was taken to Cullman regional medical center where he was then airlifted to Vanderbilt university medical center in Nashville. His wife and son were also injured.

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

NASCAR Winston Cup Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Pts Ref 1990 Bobby Allison Motorsports 12 Buick DAY RCH CAR ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV SON POC MCH DAY POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH 55th 238 Phoenix Racing 51 Chevy DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL 1991 Olds DAY RCH CAR ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV SON POC MCH DAY POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS 45th 399 Chevy CLT CAR PHO ATL 1992 DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV SON POC MCH DAY POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR PHO ATL 44th 453 Bobby Allison Motorsports 12 Chevy RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR 1993 Phoenix Racing 51 Chevy DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON CLT DOV POC MCH DAY NHA POC TAL GLN MCH BRI 39th 774 Morgan McClure Motorsports 4 Chevy DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL 1994 Phoenix Racing 51 Chevy DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON CLT DOV POC MCH DAY NHA POC TAL IND GLN PHO ATL 46th 484 Taylor Racing 02 Ford MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR 1995 Phoenix Racing 44 Chevy DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI TAL SON CLT DOV POC MCH DAY NHA POC TAL IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL 47th 391 Junior Johnson & Associates 27 Ford NWS MAR Hendrick Motorsports 58 Chevy ATL 1996 Phoenix Racing 44 Chevy DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON CLT DOV POC MCH DAY NHA POC TAL IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL 48th 328 1997 LAR Motorsports 12 Chevy DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR TEX BRI MAR SON TAL CLT DOV POC MCH CAL DAY NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV MAR CLT TAL CAR PHO ATL 57th 152 2001 Phoenix Racing 51 Ford DAY43 CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR TAL CAL RCH CLT DOV MCH POC SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MAR TAL PHO CAR HOM ATL NHA 54th 169

NASCAR Busch Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Pts Ref 1989 Phoenix Racing 49 Buick DAY CAR MAR HCY DAR BRI NZH SBO LAN NSV CLT DOV ROU LVL VOL MYB SBO HCY DUB IRP ROU BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT CAR MAR 96th 43 1990 15 DAY RCH CAR MAR HCY DAR BRI LAN SBO NZH HCY 74th 170 Chevy CLT DOV ROU VOL MYB OXF NHA SBO DUB IRP ROU Olds BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT NHA CAR MAR 1991 Folsom Racing 23 Buick DAY RCH CAR MAR VOL HCY DAR BRI LAN SBO NZH CLT DOV ROU HCY MYB GLN OXF NHA SBO DUB IRP ROU BRI DAR RCH 65th 304 14 Buick DOV CLT NHA CAR MAR 1992 Phoenix Racing 51 Chevy DAY CAR RCH ATL MAR DAR BRI HCY LAN DUB NZH CLT DOV ROU MYB GLN VOL NHA TAL IRP ROU 51st 476 Allison Racing 28 Ford MCH NHA BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT MAR CAR HCY 1993 Phoenix Racing 51 Chevy DAY CAR RCH DAR BRI HCY ROU MAR NZH CLT DOV MYB GLN MLW TAL IRP MCH NHA BRI DAR 74th 164 Reno Enterprises 4 Chevy RCH DOV ROU CLT MAR CAR HCY ATL 1994 Phoenix Racing 51 Chevy DAY CAR RCH ATL MAR DAR HCY BRI ROU NHA NZH CLT DOV MYB GLN MLW SBO TAL HCY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT MAR CAR 58th 371 1995 4 DAY CAR RCH ATL NSV DAR BRI HCY NHA NZH CLT DOV MYB GLN MLW TAL SBO IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR HOM 38th 999 1996 DAY CAR RCH ATL NSV DAR BRI HCY NZH CLT DOV SBO MYB GLN MLW NHA TAL IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR HOM 7th 2894 1997 DAY CAR RCH ATL LVS DAR HCY TEX BRI HOM 44th 972 LAR Motorsports 28 Chevy NSV TAL NHA NZH CLT DOV SBO GLN MLW MYB GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAL CAR 1998 Phoenix Racing 4 Chevy DAY CAR LVS NSV DAR BRI TEX HCY TAL NHA NZH CLT DOV RCH PPR GLN MLW MYB CAL SBO IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT GTY CAR ATL HOM 15th 3019 1999 Diamond Ridge Motorsports DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR TEX NSV BRI TAL CAL NHA RCH NZH CLT DOV SBO GLN MLW MYB PPR GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR MEM PHO HOM 6th 3658 2000 Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac DAY CAR43 LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSV TAL CAL RCH NHA CLT DOV SBO MYB GLN MLW NZH PPR GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR MEM PHO HOM 11th 3212 2001 18 DAY28* CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL RCH NHA NZH CLT DOV KEN MLW GLN CHI 21st 2863 Richard Childress Racing 21 Chevy GTY PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT ST Motorsports 59 Chevy MEM PHO CAR HOM 2002 Brewco Motorsports 37 Pontiac DAY TAL 39th 1309 Chevy CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH CAL RCH NHA NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI GTY PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL CAR PHO HOM 2004 Phoenix Racing 1 Dodge DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL GTY RCH NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL PHO DAR HOM 113th 112

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Bondo/Mar Hyde Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Pts Ref 1989 Phoenix Racing 05 Buick DAY ATL KIL TAL FRS POC KIL HAG POC TAL DEL FRS ISF TOL DSF SLM ATL 121st 1990 15 Olds DAY ATL KIL TAL FRS POC KIL TOL HAG POC 81st 5 TAL MCH ISF TOL DSF WIN DEL ATL 1991 Folsom Racing 11 Buick DAY ATL KIL TAL TOL FRS POC MCH KIL FRS DEL POC TAL HPT MCH ISF TOL DSF TWS ATL 138th 1992 Phoenix Racing 5 Olds DAY FIF TWS 70th 1 TAL TOL KIL POC MCH FRS KIL NSH DEL POC HPT FRS ISF TOL DSF TWS SLM ATL 1993 Chevy DAY FIF TWS TAL KIL CMS FRS TOL POC MCH FRS POC KIL ISF DSF TOL SLM WIN ATL 18th 1630 1994 DAY29* TAL FIF LVL KIL TOL FRS MCH DMS POC POC KIL FRS INF I70 ISF DSF TOL SLM WIN ATL 23rd 1455 1995 DAY ATL TAL FIF KIL FRS MCH I80 MCS FRS POC POC KIL FRS SBS LVL ISF DSF SLM WIN ATL 69th 1996 DAY ATL SLM TAL FIF LVL CLT CLT KIL FRS POC MCH FRS TOL POC MCH INF SBS ISF DSF KIL SLM WIN CLT ATL 150th

He was inducted in the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame in the inaugural 2001 class.